Deleted the game from four devices today, and abandoned four accounts - Level 219 British, Level 212 British, Level 188 British and Level 137 French.
I’ve spent some money and was ready to spend more when my highest account went CWA at Level 220. But no, I’ve spent months researching Sejong, Leonardo etc for 2% and 3% upgrades on buildings and troops and then you buff towers and AT guns by 250%+ in one upgrade. It’s a betrayal of trust - weeks, years, spent following a strategy rendered meaningless by a code tweak. And yes, it must be to encourage buying troop tactics, the latest Marco is the mickey take that proves it.
I adapted when sabotage took two spaces, I adapted to the missile silo and built three of them even though I hate it. An ICBM available in World War II that lands within the base it was fired from? Totally incongruous and unrealistic but I put up with it because I was 18 months in. Every change designed to ‘help’ gameplay has made it harder for my IA alliance members to compete but they’ve ground on because of the time invested. I remember when I beat IAs in war as a Gunpowder by identifying weak spots and good use of troops, now base designs at higher levels are all grimly predictable and so are the attacking forces that pile on your base.
But the latest rebalance is a total game killer, if you daren’t attack for fear of losing everything for the next hour you just find something else to do that is still fun.
Brilliant game when I started playing, became hopelessly addicted, now done.
Time to browse the App Store...